Long Land
Brown Bess Carbine

- French
and Indian Wars - Pontiac Rebellion - American Revolution

Historical
Background

The Long Land Brown
Bess Carbine was originally made for the Royal Artillery. However in
the wilds of North America it was quickly realized the 34-inch barrelled
short musket was ideal for the light infantry companies and ranger units
like Roger's Rangers and Gorham's Rangers. As many bush battles in the
French and Indian War were close action affairs, the short barrel was the
happy medium between accuracy and manoeuvrability in the woods. The
only good illustration of this musket, a painting by Benjamin West (below),
seems to show it without a nose cap.

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer
by Benjamin West c1764

Ranger unit lead
by Major Robert Rogers became famous for their service and developing of
ranger tactics. Major Rogers
28 Rules of Rangingbecame the founding principles of the U.S. Ranger Regiments in WW2
and have carried on to today. For this reason, this musket is a
popular retirement gift for U.S. Ranger. Like many firearms from the
French and Indian War, they continued to be used into the American
Revolution until they were worn out. As late as 1793, Long Land
carbines, as they were properly called, were still in military stores in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Major Robert Rogers

Specifications

The reproduction we
offer here has a 34 inch .75 calibre barrel is made of
tempered seamless high carbon steel (type:BS970
no.080M40) with a
tight breech plug.
The lock is made with strong durable springs and
has a case-hardened frizzen (hammer) that throws good sparks.
We use a
industrial case-hardening factory process that makes sparking both more reliable
and longer lasting.
Presently no other musket provider uses this
technique.

As with all our
other flintlocks, the vent is not drilled (read details below) so we can ship easily to your door
throughout North America and to Europe and the UK.
Aside from that they
are exactly like
the originals.
A fine addition to any collection.

If upon receiving
your musket you are not completely happy with your purchase, you may return it
for a refund.
All we ask is you cover the shipping costs. It has to be returned in two weeks of receipt and be in its original state (unaltered and unmodified).

Non-Firing
State

We sell historically
accurate muskets and pistols in a non-firing state.
This allows us to comply
with various local, state, national and international firearms regulations,
along with shipping company policy restrictions. Please read our
Conditions of Use and Legal
Disclaimer. The customer is expected to be aware of the laws of
their locality that govern products of this nature.